Reality and Rational Thought

I must admit to being a closet philosopher. It adds to my geekiness, and maybe even endures me to certain people. But for most I’m sure I seem more like a bore. Yes, thank you, I do sometimes just sit around thinking. Maybe you do the same thing…but you call it letting your mind wander, [...]

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Installing nVidia on SUSE – Manually

I know there are several “wiki” pages that tell you how to install nVidia drivers, but its seems that something isnt quite right as there are many people that still dont get this correctly done. So below is a process that is an almost-fool-proof (almost!) method for manually making sure your nVidia driver gets [...]

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The Philosophy of Patriotism

I recently had an exchange with an individual who accused me of being unpatriotic and anti-American, assumedly because I disagreed with his particular political view.  His ideology is quite conservative, pro-Bush, and pro-Republican, and as such pro-war. Interesting, because he is a veteran of World War II….you would think he would abhor war.
As the ancient [...]

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Fixing Beryl on SUSE KDE

Many of the problems you have with Beryl, can be solved by making sure, it was installed correctly, and that KDE has been properly set.
If you are experiencing difficulties, first get out of the session and turn off xgl as follows:
1) ctrl-alt-F1 = this will get you to a console
2) [...]

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Surprise Surprise Surprise!

I  am not sure ANYONE was expecting a blowout in the National Championship, but sure enough Florida did it. And I’ll say that I am not suprised.
If you think of college football today, the Big 10 just doesn’t have the national level of competition that the other conferences have. If it werent for Penn State [...]

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